The wheel of the year has spun itself down towards the end now and 2009 is just over the horizon....so many changes the year of 2008 brought to us....some good, some not so good. However, I am off and running towards 2009 with a gleam in my eye and a newfound purpose in my heart. I never make New Year's Resolutions but this year I am going to change things up a bit. I am purposefully going to start Mindful Living. Not just going through my days with "to do" lists. and hoping I can accomplish them but rather living in each moment in wakefulness...to arise each morning with gratefulness in my heart for a brand new day (which by the way I already do) but then to find a purpose that day...to give myself away in doing or being something that will be beneficial to others or the planet at large.
Native Americans who walk this Mother Earth call upon Turkey Medicine/Totem to do this as Turkey is about doing the Give-A-Way...simply stated it is about the deep and abiding recognition of the sacrifices of both self and others.
People in today's society are all about the need for more...more stuff, more toys and gadgets, bigger and better houses, better clothing and shoes...all busy trying to fill the void inside...
I say keep it simple and concentrate on getting rid of that which no longer serves a purpose and go back to a simpler way of life...
I cannot tell you how many times over the past year I have given away much! After years of carting around this, that, and the other thing thinking I couldn't possibly part with a particular thing, I've found that all it is, is emotional attachment. Once I got past the emotional attachment to something (I'm a sentimental old gal who didn't like to let go anything anyone ever gave me) I have found I feel lighter, the unburdening of "things" is bringing me new outlooks I hadn't possessed in a long time....
So change is good and change is upon each of on Mother Earth these days...views are changing, lives are changing, perspectives are changing...and it warms me to the very core...
Deep within I feel 2009 will bring many new challenges for many people on this planet but if we all come to a sense of deep faith and trust that The Blessed Universe is working just as it should then we can all be assured we are on the right journey...
In short....Simplify....Believe....and Welcome the Change of Growth...get active in something, anything...be it taking a bag of groceries to a Food Distribution Center for the Needy, giving away clothing which no longer fits to the poorer in spirit and pocket, planting a garden this year and sharing the food...the list goes on but I think you get my drift.
Practice Mindful Living....It will make us feel fantastic and to live in service for others which is what it is all about anyway....
Love and Beloved,
Akasa WolfSong
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